Friday, October 5, 2012

Libya reloaded: Turkey demands USZ to impose "NO-FLY-ZONE" over Syria

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has asked the
United States of Zionism to impose an immediate “no fly zone” over areas of Syria
in the aftermath of a mortar attack which killed five Turkish civilians,
according to a report by Israhelli intelligence outfit DebkaFile. Following the attack, which evidence suggests was
actually carried out by FSA rebels and not Syrian forces, Erdogan “Asked
Washington….whether the Syrian attack would serve as the pretext for
imposing a no-fly zone over northern and central Syria with USZ Air Force
participation,” according to the report. Obama administration officials flatly refused Erdogan’s
request, citing recent intelligence which suggests that Syrian President
Bashar Assad will not be able to hold on to power for any longer than
six months.

As we saw with Libya, a “no fly zone” is merely a euphemism for aerial bombardment and aggressive regime change. Having been denied the no fly zone, Turkey responded by
using artillery barrages to carve out a 10 kilometer deep buffer strip
inside Syria, targeting military bases and outposts. Although Washington refused to back a no fly zone, they
did give the green light for Turkey to launch its own attacks inside
Syrian territory, a move that was rubber stamped by the Turkish
parliament earlier today. The buffer zone will allow opposition
fighters, many of whom are Al-Qaeda terrorists, to more easily acquire weapons to conduct terrorist bombings in Aleppo and Damascus.

Despite
the fact that Turkey has authorized and is conducting military strikes
inside Syria and killing Syrian troops, not to mention having headquartered, trained, funded and armed militants to carry out terrorist attacks inside Syria, Turkey’s political leaders are still simultaneously claiming they are not at war with Syria. While the United Nations has condemned Syria for an
attack that in all likelihood wasn’t even carried out by Syrian forces,
the global body has remained silent on Turkey’s hostile response, an act
of war that has killed “a large number of Syrian soldiers.” Although Turkey claims Syria has “apologized” for
yesterday’s mortar attack, circumstantial evidence strongly suggests it
was carried out by the same FSA militants being backed by Turkey.

German news channel ZDF broadcast two separate reports that stated Syrian rebels had taken responsibility for the attack in Akçakale. In addition, a newly released video shows
Syrian rebels purportedly in the very region that the mortar attack
took place showing off mortar shells and taking credit for the attack. As we reported earlier,
Turkey’s assault, combined with Israhell’s posturing in beefing up
security on the Golan Heights, mirrors precisely a Brookings Institution
report released earlier this year which described the pretext for
military intervention inside Syria that would lead to regime change.